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‖ celebret|ˈsɛlɪbrɛt|
[L., = ‘let him celebrate’, 3rd pers. sing. pres. subj. of celebrāre to celebrate.]
A document, signed and sealed by a bishop, giving a priest permission to say mass in a certain parish.
1844Ignatius Spencer in Fr. Pius Life Fr. Ignatius (1866) xiii. 282, I had forgotten to get credentials from Dr. Wiseman, and so he hesitated, but gave the celebret. 1907Daily Chron. 25 Sept. 4/6, I am told that the Pope will give me a celebret. 1908Cath. Encycl. III. 477/1 The absence of the celebret does not suffice for the refusal of permission to say Mass, if persons worthy of belief bear positive testimony to the good standing of the priest. 1918M. D. Petre Modernism 237 The subsequent refusal, on the part of his bishop, to grant him a celebret. |